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# waterspout

noun (waterspouts)

«waterspout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/#m1)
2. A waterspout is also a spout on a roof or cliff that pours out water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/#m2)

### In the lessons

a fountain or whirling column of water, sometimes magic, which rises up or gushes from rock

### Examples

- Was it a waterspout, or a heavy sea rolling suddenly upon them? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/#x1)
- Springs of water flowed out of the cliff in thick waterspouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/#x2)
- The gushing waterspout took many strange forms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «waterspout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterspout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«waterspout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waterspout.html) on Mova free.